Blog of Parola Italian School in Florence
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COVID-19 SITUATION FOR THE SUMMER
The Situation in Florence After COVID - 19 Lockdown COVID emergency in Italy, and in Tuscany, in particular for us, is getting better in this mid-summer. We really went through hard times in the last 4 months but now we have learned how to deal with COVID and, most of...
The Situation of Our School With The Pandemic
The Situation of Our School With The Pandemic Get by in a difficult situation like the one we are experiencing Who would have expected it? A catastrophic and painful event has practically brought this country's economy to its knees, and so many other countries in the...
Students Come and Go at Parola
Students Come and Go In our job, where people come and go as in a railway station, it is not easy to find friendly students who stay in touch with you for a long time. I'm an amiable guy and a very easy-going teacher, and it is easy for me to get a friendship, but it...
Are Movies Good Way to Learn A Language?
Movies Are Good Way Learn a Language Watching a Film in Original Language is Very Useful I graduated from the University of Florence in Foreign Languages, and as a student, to improve my English or German, I eagerly used to watch movies in those languages. It was...
Online Italian Teaching in This Period
Online Italian Courses of The Period In this period in which we necessarily have to stay at home, some of our students have opted for online Italian lessons. And of course, Parola school had to adapt to this situation: our Italian language teachers, who already had a...
The Italian Language Museum in Florence
An Italian Language Museum in Florence The Italian cultural institutions in Florence have decided to open a museum completely dedicated to the Italian language in the next few months. And of course, the city that deserves it more than any other city in Italy is...
The Blackbird Days. Cold Weather Has Passed, Hopefully
THE BLACKBIRD DAYS IN ITALY The Coldest Days of The Year In Italy, at the end of January, there are the so-called 3 days of the MERLA (mother blackbird would be the perfect translation in this case). These days are generally, the last three of January, the 29th, 30th,...
Leonardo, a Great Italian Dreamer
Leonardo, a Great Italian Dreamer Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, artist, inventor and above all a dreamer: a genius. Born in 1452, in a tiny village near Vinci (Anchiano) - in the province of Florence, Leonardo approached the career of an artist as an...
Easter in Florence. A Particular And Fantastic Celebration
Easter in Florence The Florentines And The “Brindellone” For the Florentines, Easter is mainly the “Brindellone”. That is the monumental wagon that crosses the streets of Florence on Easter morning, pulled by two white oxen with red plumes, to arrive in Piazza Duomo,...
THE MEDICI FAMILY
The History of De' Medici The History of Family That Made Florence Great The history of the Medici family in Florence is directly correlated with the greatness of the city in the world. The Medici came from Mugello, the mountains between Bologna and Florence. They...
Florence has changed over the years
Florence has changed over the years Firenze and tourism that has changed it Florence is always changing but remains a beautiful city. Tourist city par excellence, romantic by definition, cultural by tradition, Florence has changed over the years while remaining true...
Today is Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras: Martedì Grasso
Shrove Tuesday, The Final Day of Carnival Today is Shrove Tuesday: Mardi Gras, which in Italian is Martedì Grasso. It is the highest point of the carnival: of excess and fun. In effect, the word Carnival comes from the idea of getting rid of food to clean ourselves...
Carnival has arrived and Father’s Day is about to come
Frittele. Great Sweet to Eat in Florence Carnival and San Giuseppe For The Frittelle In Florence, there are a lot of traditions when Carnival arrives. The first tradition I want to talk about is the "Frittelle fiorentine". They are actually made during Father's day...
Eckerd College at Parola Italian Language School in Florence
Eckerd College and Its Visit in Florence at Parola School Eckerd College at Parola Italian language school in Florence On January 7, 10 students from the Eckerd College of Liberal Arts came to school from Florida to learn Italian and enjoy the beauty of Italy. It is...
A New Year Has Started. In 2019 a Lot of Activities For Students
A New Year Has Started at Parola School A new year has started and the new Italian language course for absolute beginners is starting on January 7th. Parola school is going to give students books and photocopies to learn Italian and enjoy their conversation lessons....
Italian Language Courses in English at Parola School
Italian Language Courses in English at Parola School Italian Grammar in English During The First Week of a Course For any Italian language students who are absolute beginners, Parola Italian language school provides a specific language course in which English is used...
Italian Language Course to Work in Florence
An Italian Language Course to Prepare For Working in Florence Work in EU for Students in Florence Parola Italian language school in Florence is able to offer an Italian language course that introduces European foreigners or EU foreign university students to the labor...
Italian Can Be Taught in Chinese at Parola School
Italian Language Courses in Chinese at Parola Group and Individual Italian Language Lessons in Chinese Parola Italian language school offers a dedicated Italian language course taught in Chinese at its headquarters in Florence. This Italian language program in Chinese...
Italian Idiomatic Expressions with Parola Italian Language School
A Course of Italian Idiomatic Expressions in Florence Learn How to Use Italian Idiomatic Expressions And Informal Words Parola Italian language school offers an Italian language course focused on idiomatic expressions and slang words. These lessons can be taken both...
And You Are Still Thinking That You Know Italian Well?
Some Curiosities By Silvia About Italian Our Italian language teacher Silvia has considered the way in which some Italian words may change depending on the context they are inserted in. In our Italian courses, she often states the fact of polysemy of words. Some words...
Food and Activities With Our School in Florence
So Many Food Festivals in Florence and Tuscany! A lot of Earthy Food to Eat in Tuscany. And a Great Gelato Festival! In Tuscany, and around the city of Florence, there are many festivals that are dedicated to any kind of Tuscan specialties from meat, mushrooms,...
The Flexibility and The Variety of Parola School’s Programs
The flexibility of Our Language Courses in Florence Parola Offers Solutions and Many Options to Learn Italian Our Italian language school has decided, throughout the years, to strongly focus on very good flexibility in its courses in order to propose an excellent...
The Italian language course “Tre Volte”
A Light Course at Parola Italian Language School Tre Volte Course to Have Light Italian Language Program Students at Parola quite often choose to attend a particular type of Italian language course in Florence that is called "Tre Volte". Our Tre Volte is a language...
Parola’s Language Courses For Absolute Beginners Are Starting Twice a Month
Italian Language Courses Starting Twice a Month For Absolute Beginners Two Dates a Month to Start Learning Italian in Florence Our Italian language school in Florence offers courses for absolute beginners twice of a month, all year round. Parola Italian language...
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